EARLYSVILLE, Va. – The Virginia Tech men’s cross country team raced its way to a seventh place finish at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational while the women’s cross country team finished 10th in the meet.

The men were led by senior Leoule Degfae who finished his 8K with a time of 23:50.20 en route to an overall 2nd place finish individually just behind Eastern Kentucky’s Soufiane Bouchikhi.

Junior Jared Berman finished next for the Hokies with a time of 24:30.50 for a 33rd place finish overall while freshman teammate Stuart Robinson finished in 37th place with a time of 24:35.40

The women were led by sophomore Katarina Smiljanec who finished her 5K in 48th place with a time of 18:22.20. Sophomore teammate Ashley Hayes was just behind her in 49th place overall with a time of 18:24.10.